Joint venture with Bachy Soletanche will help build link to Chinese high speed rail network

Laing O鈥橰ourke and engineering contractor Bachy Soletanche have won a 拢100m joint venture to build tunnels that will help connect Hong Kong to the Chinese high speed rail network.

The contract was awarded by MTR Corporation, the operator of Hong Kong鈥檚 mass transit system.

The tunnels are part of a 26km line that will run from West Kowloon in Hong Kong to the border with Shenzhen.

Work on the link started in January 2010 and is expected to be finished by 2015.

Mike Robins, Laing O鈥橰ourke鈥檚 managing director, Hong Kong, said, 鈥淭he Express Rail Link project is part of a major investment programme in rail infrastructure in Hong Kong, and we are delighted to be appointed with our partner to one of the initial sections of this complex and challenging rail infrastructure development.鈥�

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